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PLURIEL elects its new coordination committee

The leaders of the 14 PLURIEL research groups gathered online in a general assembly on Friday 15 January, and elected the new coordination committee.

The following members were elected for a three-year term:

Michaela Quast Neulinger, University Assistant at the Institute of Systematic Theology – University of Innsbruck

Emmanuel Pisani o.p., Director of the Institute of Science and Theology of Religion (ISTR) – Paris Catholic Institute

Tobias Specker s.j., Junior professor “Catholic Theology in the Light of Islam” – Hochschule für Philosophie und Theologie Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt

Roula Talhouk, Director of the Centre for Islamic-Christian Documentation and Research (CEDRIC) – Saint-Joseph University of Beirut

Laurent Basanese s.j., Director of the Gregorian Centre for Interreligious Studies, Professor at the Faculty of Missiology of the Gregorian University

Diego Sarrio Cucarella, Rector of PISAI (Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica) Roma

Alessandro Ferrari, Professor of Comparative Religious Laws – Insubria University (Como and Varese, Italy).

Jaume Flaquer Garcia s.j., Professor of Interreligious Dialogue, Theology of Religions and Islam Studies – Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya.

Wael Saleh, Director of the Institute for Post arab springs Studies (IEPPA), University of Montréal

Ali Mostfa, Lecturer on the Arab-Muslim world and intercultural representations – Catholic University of Lyon.

The PLURIEL coordination committee is in charge of the development and activities of the network: strategic orientations, partnerships, training development, etc… Its members also constitute the scientific committee of the 2021 congress of PLURIEL on the theme “Islam and Otherness”, which has been reorganised in two parts due to health conditions. A first part on 13 and 14 April 2021 in the form of a webinar and a second in 2022 at a date to be announced later.

The general meeting was also an opportunity to exchange news from the research groups and to present the progress of the redesign of the website, which is being enriched with new tools: interactive map of the network, advanced search for open-access resources, etc. A new series of videos, at the initiative of the Lyon team and in collaboration with the researchers who are members of the network, is in preparation. It will highlight the work of the researchers to various audiences.

Raphaël Georgy, Antoine Meyer

Les référents des groupes de recherche de la plateforme PLURIEL ont élu le nouveau comité de coordination, à la suite d’une assemblée générale qui s’est tenue en visioconférence le vendredi 15 janvier.

Les membres suivants ont été élus pour un mandat de trois ans :

Michaela Quast Neulinger, assistante universitaire à l’Institut de Théologie Systématique de l’Université d’Innsbruck, en Autriche

Emmanuel Pisani o.p., directeur de l’Institut de Science et de Théologie des Religions (ISTR) – Institut Catholique de Paris

Tobias Specker s.j., professeur adjoint pour la “Théologie catholique à la lumière de l’Islam” à l’école supérieure de philosophie et de théologie de Sankt Georgen, à Francfort

Roula Talhouk, professeur associé à l’Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ), directrice du Centre de recherche et de documentation islamo-chrétien (CEDRIC)

Laurent Basanese s.j., professeur à la faculté de missiologie de l’Université pontificale grégorienne, à Rome, où il dirige le Centre d’études interreligieuses. Directeur de la revue Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations

Diego Sarrio Cucarella, président de l’Institut Pontifical d’Etudes Arabes et d’Islamologie (POISAI) à Rome

Alessandro Ferrari, professeur associé de droit ecclésiastique et de droit canonique à la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Insubrie, en Italie

Jaume Flaquer Garcia s.j., professeur à la Faculté de théologie de Catalogne, ISCREB, Institut de théologie fondamentale et Faculté de théologie de Deusto (Bilbao)

Wael Saleh, cofondateur et directeur de l’Institut d’études post-printemps arabe (IEPPA), cofondateur de l’Observatoire Interdisciplinaire des Mouvements Islamistes (OIMI) à l’Université de Montréal

Ali Mostfa, linguiste, chercheur associé au Centre d’Etude des Cultures et des Religions et membre coordinateur de la plateforme PLURIEL, responsable du laboratoire de recherche ERUDITT (Espace de Recherche Universitaire sur le Discours Interculturel, la Traductologie et la Terminologie)

Le comité de coordination de PLURIEL est chargé du développement et des activités du réseau : orientations stratégiques, partenariats, élaboration de formations, etc… Ses membres constituent aussi le comité scientifique du congrès 2021 de PLURIEL sur le thème “Islam et altérité”, qui a été réorganisé en deux parties en raison des conditions sanitaires. Une première partie les 13 et 14 avril 2021 sous forme de webinaire et une seconde en 2022 à une date annoncée ultérieurement.

L’assemblée générale a aussi été l’occasion d’échanger des nouvelles des groupes de recherche et de présenter l’avancement de la refonte du site Internet, qui s’enrichit de nouveaux outils : carte interactive du réseau, recherche avancée de ressources en accès libre… Une nouvelle série de vidéos, à l’initiative de l’équipe lyonnaise et en collaboration avec les chercheurs membres du réseau, est en préparation. Elle mettra en valeur le travail des chercheurs auprès de divers publics.

Raphaël Georgy et Antoine Meyer

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